r/Shed

I'm looking to buy a 15' by 5' (450cm x 150cm) shed in a narrow space beside my house. Shed will have no windows as there's walls on either side and a double door on the narrow end.

Can I assemble a shed from the inside? There's no access from the sides, easy access from one narrow side and limited access from the other narrow side. How many people would it require to build it? I'm fit but a little old.

I was going to level the ground, put down sand then a plastic plant membrane then a plastic grid (50cm square and 4cm deep), then fill with pea gravel. Roughly how much sand gravel etc would I need?

Does anyone have a shed of these rough dimensions and do they actually find them useful for storage?

I was wondering about getting at each narrow end of the shed if that's possible. Would that make it structurally unsound?

I live by the sea and there can be quite a lot of wind blowing through the passage where the shed will stand. Is there anything I should to keep it safe?

Thanks for any input

Google is littered with options, but I'm going down the reviews rabbit hole so I'm looking for any guidance

Looking for a 8x8 or a 10x10 but can be up to 13ft length and 12ft wide

I got a quote to build a simple 10x16 shed and they want $11K. 🤣 They want $900 to paint it. I can buy the prefinished siding for $400. That price doesn't include the pad BTW.

I'm familiar with stud walls and hanging doors, although doors are not my strong suit. I've never built a roof though. I spent the afternoon arguing with Google over placement of rafter ties vs blocking. I know I don't want trusses and it may not have a ridge, but I likely want to add solar panels at some point, so a ridge may be necessary. I'll be using 2x6 rafters and ties and the pitch will be 9/22.

I'm sitting here looking up at my deck roof, 14x14, which has a double ridge beam, no blocking, no birdsmouth notching and a 'post' sitting on an end beam supporting the ridge. I assume the rafters are just toenailed to the triple 2x12 beams supporting the roof. The rafter ties also rest on the beams and are fastened to the rafters at the beam. There is also a brace sitting on the rafter ties running the length of the deck. I appreciate the simplicity of no birdsmouth notching, but I'm wondering how they lined it all up to nail it. Maybe there's some strong ties i can't see because of the multiple coats of stain.

I'd like some advice for a simple roof that may eventually have to support 12 solar panels on my 10x16 shed. We do get some snow, but no hurricanes or tornados. Yes, i have tools BTW.

Hello everyone, I’m fairly new to diying. I have a wood shed that was built on a concrete slab. The previous owner didn’t use pressure treated wood for the sill plate and fastened the 2x4's right to the concrete without a sill plate gasket. There was also about 3 inches of dirt against the back of the shed. Needless to say the sill plate 2x4's have rotted out. I'm trying repair it so that it lasts. My idea was to lift it and put 4x6x24 concrete patio blocks as a foundation with a sill plate gasket on top and then attach the pressure treated 2x4's to that. This will lift the shed 6 inches the wood on the back of the shed won't be buried in the dirt. Is this doable and a solid idea or is there any better options?

Long narrow - useful?

I live in a house with little space for storage. I'm looking for space to store camping gear, bicycle and gardening equipment etc. I could possibly fit a 15' long by 5' wide (460cm x 150cm) shed in this narrow space but there'd be almost no border space around the shed.

Is a shed with these dimensions actually useful? I have a recently installed monocouche rendering on the house wall which is supposed to be waterproof but would having the shed so close cause damp issues? 'm guessing a pent roof style wood be better to keep the rain off the house. Because I'd be inserting a shed into a tight space - can you actually build a shed from the inside out? Would a metal shed be better?

Sorry for all the questions.

Hi all,

I have the opportunity to build a small shed/workshop (cost around 20k USD). Below you have the floor plan + floor plan with some back of the napkin space plan.

The internal footprint is about 4.8m (16ft) x 5.8m (19ft), but the actuall usable area is about 19m2 (200sqm). There is small bathroom under the stair and the stair leads to a terrace, those were not included in the usable area.

I would have loved to do some basic woodworking/metal welding or sand blasting, but I do not think there is enough space.

Also, i struggle to see where I can store materials.

When it comes to painting/finishing, I intend to do it in the garden and have a portable spray booth.

I need your advice, is this feasable to do hobbiest/home repairs work in this space?

What would you do different?

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We bought a tuff shed a few years ago and because we had a fence up, they didn’t drop it in the right spot and it’s been in our driveway pretty much ever since. Has anyone ever had one moved? I want it in my fricken backyard like it’s supposed to be 😩 we live in CA if that matters